Bill Text: NY A05108 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5108 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the housing of transgender or intersex inmates; authorizes the sheriff to assign a transgender or intersex inmate to any facility housing unit which shall ensure the inmate's health and safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-20 - ordered to third reading rules cal.160 [A05108 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05108-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5108
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 7, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. DAVILA, MOSLEY, ORTIZ, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the housing of trans-
          gender or intersex inmates
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 500-b of the correction law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
     3    14. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a  transgender  or
     4  intersex inmate may be assigned to any facility housing unit which, upon
     5  the determination of the sheriff, ensures the inmate's health and safety
     6  and is consistent with facility management and security.
     7    §  2. This act shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become
     8  a law; provided, however, that the amendments to section  500-b  of  the
     9  correction  law  made  by  section  one of this act shall not affect the
    10  repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06365-01-9